União da Vitória | |
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city | |
 União da Vitória downtown | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location inParaná, Brazil | |
  União da Vitória | |
| Coordinates:26°13′S51°05′W / 26.217°S 51.083°W /-26.217; -51.083 | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | South |
| State | Paraná |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bachir Abbas[1] (Progressistas, 2021-2024) |
| Area | |
• Total | 720 km2 (280 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 752 m (2,467 ft) |
| Population (2020[2]) | |
• Total | 57,913 |
| • Density | 72/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (UTC-2) |
| Website | Prefeitura de União da Vitória |
União da Vitória is amunicipality in the state ofParaná in Brazil. Its population was about 57,913 people in 2020. In the economic area, União da Vitória's GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is US$115,364,648.65.
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Thecolonization of the region begun in the end of the 19th century with thetroops that usually came from the central villages ofRio Grande do Sul in order to sell their bovines in theSoutheast Region larger cities, such asSorocaba, due to the discovery of a shallow passage in the middle ofIguazu River called "Vau do Iguaçu". Years later, on March 27, 1890, dismembered ofPalmas, the city of União da Vitória was founded.
After that, European immigrants, such asUkrainians,Poles,Germans andItalians settled with their families in the region, attracted mainly by the similarclimate,topography,vegetation and opportunity of having a better quality of life.
In the early 20th century, theContestado War, a conflict that Paraná, Santa Catarina andArgentina contested the region rich in "erva mate" and crossed by an importantrailway. Due to the war, the area had been completely destroyed; so that, the existent city of União da Vitória, at the Iguazu Valley, started its renovation and development.
In the 1950s, the city was getting larger and theeconomy increasing by wood and yerba mate production and the beginning of this products exportation; but its golden age did not last long.
Nowadays, the latest immigrations were mainlyLebanese Arabs andJews.
União da Vitória'sHDI is of 0.793, classified as medium at this kind of measure.
Its quality of life is one of the best in Paraná. Theliteracy rate, number of houses withwater,sewage treatment andelectricity are all over 90% of application in the city.
Mainly based in the wood industry, internationally known for its wooden furniture, which is exported all over the world including the United States and Europe.
The tourist attractions are also explored; its waterfalls (more than eighty documented) are organized in a guided route with boat and car trip, kayak and trekking, called "Rota das Cachoeiras" (Route of the Waterfalls) visited by many people from the country.
The city is widely known for its universities in the Southern Region of Brazil, gathering a large quantity of students from the south of Paraná and the north ofSanta Catarina.
União da Vitória lies on the south bank ofIguazu River and at 752 meters above thesea level. The city borders its interstate neighbourPorto União, Santa Catarina; both are known as "Gêmeas do Iguaçu" (Iguazu Twins).
The city is 238 kilometers far fromCuritiba, the capital of Paraná State and the municipality's area is of 720 square kilometers and thepopulation density is of 72 people per square kilometer.
Being located between the Second and the Third Plateaus, the city's topography is characterized by extrusive igneous mountains origined in theParaná Flood Basalt; making this region full of waterfalls and creeks nationally known.
União da Vitória has a subtropical Cfa-type with hot summers and rainy months
| Climate data for Porto União | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25.8 (78.4) | 25.7 (78.3) | 24.8 (76.6) | 22.8 (73.0) | 19.0 (66.2) | 18.2 (64.8) | 18.2 (64.8) | 20.4 (68.7) | 21.7 (71.1) | 23.1 (73.6) | 23.9 (75.0) | 25.5 (77.9) | 22.4 (72.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 22.3 (72.1) | 22.2 (72.0) | 21.3 (70.3) | 19.1 (66.4) | 15.5 (59.9) | 14.4 (57.9) | 14.0 (57.2) | 15.5 (59.9) | 17.2 (63.0) | 19.1 (66.4) | 20.0 (68.0) | 21.6 (70.9) | 18.5 (65.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.7 (65.7) | 18.7 (65.7) | 17.8 (64.0) | 15.4 (59.7) | 11.9 (53.4) | 10.5 (50.9) | 9.7 (49.5) | 10.6 (51.1) | 12.6 (54.7) | 15.1 (59.2) | 16.1 (61.0) | 17.7 (63.9) | 14.5 (58.1) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 171.0 (6.73) | 157.0 (6.18) | 111.0 (4.37) | 89.0 (3.50) | 101.0 (3.98) | 100.0 (3.94) | 90.0 (3.54) | 79.0 (3.11) | 149.0 (5.87) | 160.0 (6.30) | 124.0 (4.88) | 143.0 (5.63) | 1,474 (58.03) |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 83.0 | 85.0 | 84.0 | 83.0 | 84.0 | 86.0 | 83.0 | 80.0 | 79.0 | 82.0 | 81.0 | 81.0 | 82.6 |
| Source 1:Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia (temperature records: 1975 to 1984 and 1993 to 2013).[3][4] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Climate Data (Precipitation and temperature average)[5] and Departamento de Ciências Atmosféricas (relative humidity).[6] | |||||||||||||
The city is served byJosé Cleto Airport.
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